Cake container and server



Nov. 21, 1950 F. c. SCHNABEL CAKE CONTAINER AND SERVER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed May 1, 1947 Ry. Z

Ewan/M101 FE0 C. SCHNABEL Nov. 21, 1950 F. c. SCHNABEL 2,530,910

CAKE CONTAINER AND SERVER Filed May 1, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mm. 27Ii-"ll Patented Nov. 21, 1950 UNITED S TATES PATENT F FI CE.

2,530,910= CAKE CONTAINER AND SERVER Fred G. Schnabel, Hopkins, Minn.

Application May I, 1947, Serial No. 745,129

' 3= Claims. 1,

The present invention relates to food containers, and has particularreference to cake or Die containers of the type having a circular basewith a cylindrical shaped cover.

The principal objectof the invention is to provide a combination cake orpie container in which a cake; pie, or other pastries may be kept freshand soft arrdfrom which the cake or pie ma be served.

Another object of this invention is, therefore, to provide a combinationcake or pie storing and serving container which saves valuable spaceonthe dinner table, and which may readily be opened to serve cake or pietherefrom, and then readily closed.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a cake or pieserving container in which means is provided for projecting the cake orpie from the container as it is served.

Still another object of the invention is to provide in combination witha cake or pie serving container, a scaled knife that may be used tomeasure the size of a slice of cake or pie.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a combinationstoring and serving container wherein a cake, pie or other pastries isheld on an inner rotatable plate or stand on a base and the cover ishinged at the center so that one-half thereof folds back upon the otherhalf.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combination cake orpie storing and serving container which is of a simple and economicalconstruction.

With these and other objects and advantageous features in view, theinvention resides in a novel arrangement of parts more fully describedin the detailed specification following, in conjunction with thedrawings forming part thereof, and more specifically defined in theclaims appended thereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the combination cake or pie container, part ofthe cover being broken away to show the interior of the container; I

Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the container;

Fig. 3 is a .plan view of the graduated cake knife;

Fig. 4 is a view showing a container of an alternate design with thecover open and with parts broken away and shown in section, the cake orpie plate being pivotally mounted on a spindle that is slidable in aslot in the base;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the base of the cake or pie container shown inFig. 4, the cover and cake or pie plate being omitted;

Fig. his adetail view showing. a platemounting g: and Fig; 7 isa detailview showing the: spindle.

It: has been found that whencakes: and? pics. are placed inthe'conventional type containers, and it is desired to serve the: cake or.pie, the: container is placed on an already crowded dinner table. Thecover is removed. and space-must befound on the table for it, then. thecake or pie" is1'fe-. movedi from the container and a space: must befound for the cake'orpie being: served. The con. tainer, cover, andplate with the calcekor pie thereon take up? considerable area on thetable, and the invention provides a cake or pie container in-which allof the elements remain in one spot and therefore cover only acomparatively small table area.

Referring to the drawings, I have disclosed preferred embodiments of theinvention; the container includes a base H], a cake or pie plate H, anda cover formed of two hin-gedly connected sections l2 and I3.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the base I0 is provided with acircular bead M on its lower surface, and has an annular groove IS inthe upper surface spaced from the outeredge thereof, and an innerannular track or groove l6 concentric with the outer groove 15. The cakeor pie plate H is provided with a circular bead l1 registeringwith andseating within the groove l6 of the base wherein the plate may be turnedabout the center of the container as cake or pie is used therefrom. Thelower edge of the cover is provided with a bead [8 that extends into thegroove l5 of the base and the section I2 of the cover may be heldstationary therein as by an overhang edge 15a for the correspondingportion of the groove l5, while the section I3 is opened about theconnecting hinge E9 to the position shown in Fig. 4. With the section l3open, the cake or pie may be sliced and used as desired.

The sections l2 and I3 of the cover may be provided with perforations 20and 2| to permit circulation of air through the cover, and a knob 22 maybe mounted on the section I3 by which the section may readily be opened.The section l3 may also be provided with a clip 23 in which a cake knife24 may be held, and the knife may be provided with graduations 25 asillustrated in Fig. 3, wherein the cake may be scaled or measured beforecutting.

A modified construction for the cake or pie plate is shown in Figs. 4'and 5, wherein the cake or pie plate 26 is rotatably mounted on abushing 21 which is internally threaded to receive threaded spindle 28having a head 29 on the lower end; the spindle is slidably mounted inand extends through a slot 30 in a base 3 I. The cake plate 28 may thusbe slid alon the slot so that the plate with the cake thereon areprojected outwardly as shown in broken and dash lines in Fig. 4, forready removal of the cake or pie therefrom.

Although I have herein shown and described preferred constructionalembodiments of my invention, it is obvious that changes in the size,rearrangement, shape or materials may be made to meet different foodcontainer requirements, without departing from the spirit and the scopeof the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a storing and food serving container, a circular base having anannular groove in the upper surface spaced from the periphery thereof, acylindrically shaped cover positioned on the base, said cover comprisingtwo complementary sections hinged at the center and having their loweredges seated in said annular groove, said base having a part forretaining the lower edge of one of said sections in its groove portion,whereby the other section may be swung to uncover the base, and a foodplate rotatably mounted on said base and radially slidable thereon,

2. In a storing and food servin container, a 3

edge seated in said groove, an overhang portion on said base overhangingsaid bead, a complementary cover section seated in said groove, meanshinging the complementary section to the first section, a cake or pieplate, said base having a slot, and means including a spindle rotatablymounting said food plate in said base, said spindle being slidable insaid slot.

3. In a storing and food serving container, a base having an annularedge groove in its upper surface, said base having an overhang portionextending over one-half said groove, a half-cover section having asemi-circular lower edge seated in said one-half groove, said lower edgehaving a bead positioned beneath the overhang portion of the base, and asecond half-cover section hinged to the first half-cover section andhaving its lower edge removably seated in the open portion of saidgroove.

FRED C. SCI-DIABEL.

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